Martina Lucenti

Partner, Portolano Cavallo

Martina joined Portolano Cavallo in 2017. She focuses on domestic and international litigation and arbitration.
She assists Italian and foreign clients in commercial and corporate disputes, post-M&A litigation, directors and officers’ liability suits, liability of financial and insurance intermediaries, insolvency litigation. She also assisted companies in civil actions for vicarious liability brought before criminal courts.
Martina acted as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in proceedings administered by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration.
She is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), ArbitralWomen and of the Women’s White Collar Defence Association (WWCDA).
She is included by Who’s Who Legal in the Arbitration Future Leaders – Partners 2023 guide.
Before joining Portolano Cavallo, Martina worked for 12 years in the Litigation and Arbitration Department of BonelliErede, and previously at De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani.
In 2005, she obtained a Diploma in English Commercial Law from the College of Law of London. In 2008, she qualified as Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (non-practising). She graduated summa cum laude from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan in 2000. She was admitted to the Italian Bar in 2003.
She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Cassation.

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Enforcing arbitral awards in Italy

Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers the legal framework for recognising and enforcing international and domestic arbitral awards in Italy including under the Italian Civil Procedural Code and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. It covers the enforcement petition procedure and appeal process.

Arbitration

Interim measures in support of arbitration in Italy

Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers the availability of interim (provisional, conservative and emergency) measures (relief) in support of arbitration proceedings in Italy under Italian law. The Practice Note considers the statutory provisions for interim relief under the Italian Civil Procedural Code, the arbitral tribunal’s powers to grant interim relief and the procedure for applying for interim relief.

Arbitration